MinimalPOS is a free cloud restaurant POS used by Bangkok F&B businesses. It handles counter, table, takeaway and QR orders, sends them to a kitchen display, and keeps 7% VAT and the 10% service charge as separate lines on the bill. It records PromptPay and card payments against each ticket and reports the payment mix by shift.
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Bangkok's F&B market splits sharply between venues that add a service charge and venues that do not. A Thonglor or Sathorn dining room and a rooftop bar will run plus-plus pricing — 10% service charge, then 7% VAT on top — while a Charoenkrung shophouse or an Ari noodle shop typically shows a single price. A POS that treats service charge as just another tax line produces the wrong receipt for one of these.
The other Bangkok constant is a mixed local-and-visitor room. Sukhumvit and Silom venues serve guests who read Thai and guests who do not, often at the same table, and increasingly ask for a tax invoice with a company TIN on it. That means bilingual item names on the menu and a receipt layout that can carry both parties' 13-digit tax IDs.
Delivery in Bangkok is a three-way split — GrabFood, LINE MAN and foodpanda — and LINE MAN in particular has no equivalent elsewhere in the region. Counter service still has to hold up while several tablets are running.
Rents in the BTS-adjacent districts push venues toward high table turnover, so speed of order entry and how fast a table can be closed and reset matters more here than menu breadth.
Bangkok venues that issue tax invoices need both parties' 13-digit Tax Identification Numbers, the date, an item description and VAT as a separate line — a request that comes up far more often in Sukhumvit and Silom than in a residential district.
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Thai VAT is legislated to remain at 7% until 30 September 2026, so any Bangkok operator setting up a POS this year should expect to review the rate rather than treat it as permanent.
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Pricing and tax rules are national rather than city-level. The Thailand guide covers service tax, invoicing requirements and payment rails in full.
| Vendor | Published price | What that includes |
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| Silom POS | From THB 490/month | Source · checked |
| Ocha POS | THB 799/month | Source · checked |
| StoreHub | From THB 990/month | Source · checked |
| FoodStory | Software price not published | FoodStory publishes hardware pricing (iPad packages reported at THB 1,590–2,290/month) but not a software price list, so a like-for-like software comparison is not possible from public sources.Source · checked |
| MinimalPOSThis site | Free — limited-time launch offer | Includes QR ordering, kitchen display, table management, staff roles and full report history.Source · checked |
Prices are the vendors' own published figures on the date shown. Vendors change pricing; check the source before deciding.
Yes. Service charge and tax are distinct components, so a plus-plus venue can apply a 10% service charge and 7% VAT in the right order and show both on the receipt. Venues that do not add a service charge simply leave it off.
Item names carry whatever text you enter, so a bilingual menu works for both the guest-facing QR menu and the kitchen ticket. If you need a printable bilingual menu before setting up a POS, our free Thai and English menu generator produces one with a QR code.
Yes, as a limited-time launch offer, with no credit card required — including QR ordering, the kitchen display, table management, staff roles and full report history. Published Thai alternatives run from THB 490/month (Silom POS) to THB 990/month (StoreHub), before hardware.
Yes. Fast drink entry with modifiers, food tickets routed to the kitchen, staff permissions, void tracking and end-of-night payment and void reporting are included, which is the workflow a high-turnover Bangkok bar runs on.
No credit card required. Add your menu, your team and your tax settings, then run a shift.